India Vs West Indies 2022|India’s Tour of West Indies Squad Announced| Venue| Virat Kohli Resting Again| No Bumrah, Chahal?- Know Me

India has announced the squad for the nearby T20 match to be played against West Indies. Some big updates have come out here that Virat Kohli is not part of this team. Big players like Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal have been rested and young fast bowler Umran Malik is not in the squad.

 Arshdeep Singh, a left-arm medium pace bowler is a part of both the ODI team and the T20 team. The big story is that Ravichandran Ashwin is back but Washington Sundar name isn't there.

   

India Tour of West Indies, 2022 (T20 Series)
Match	Day	Venue
1st T20	29th July 2022	Trinidad (Tarouba)
2nd T20	1st August 2022	Saint Kitts (Basseterre)
3rd T20	2nd August 2022	Saint Kitts (Basseterre)
4th T20	6th August 2022	Lauderhill (Florida)
5th T20	7th August 2022	Lauderhill (Florida)

 

Both KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav can also be part of the team if they stay fit. It will be an 18 member team.

   

India T20 Squad for West Indies
Players
Rohit Sharma (Captain)	Ravindra Jadeja
Ishan Kishan	Axar Patel
KL Rahul*	R Ashwin
Suryakumar Yadav	Ravi Bishnoi
Deepak Hooda	Kuldeep Yadav*
Shreyas Iyer	Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Dinesh Karthik	Avesh Khan
Rishabh Pant	Harshal Patel
Hardik Pandya	Arshdeep Singh

                    

However, it is not known whether Virat Kohli himself has sought rest or has been asked to take rest due to his injury or work load management. This is a big question, how much cricket has Virat Kohli played or how many he missed?

Because after the 2021 World Cup, he has been rested more than he played, the list is huge like:

For 3 Match T20I Series vs New Zealand

1^st Match Test vs New Zealand

2^nd Test vs South Africa due to injury

3^rd T20I vs West Indies

3 Match T20I Series vs Sri Lanka, 2021

5 Match T20I Series vs South Africa

1^st ODI vs England due to injury

3 Match ODI series vs West Indies

Now 5 Match T20 Series vs West Indies

Although Kohli's form is not doing well at the moment, but he will have to play continuously, if he plays continuously, that form can come back. Rather, he is known for their class not for their form. We all know that Kohli has played cricket for many years and achieved great heights.

If he is resting due to injury, then it is the right thing, it is very important for him to keep playing continuously. At this time it is very important for him to stay fit and play for Team India. That's why we just hope he gets fit and returns to his old form for which he is mostly known.

Yuzvendra Chahal is another player who has played the entire IPL, he is also going to miss this series but don't know if he has any injury due to this he is not playing this series, if so then we have to respect the decision of management.

If he is fine then it is very important for him to play continuously because he will play a major role for India in the upcoming T20 World. If we talk about his bowling performance of 2021 and 2022, then He has played 17 matches in which he has taken 20 wickets with the economy of 7.4.

If we check about his bowling performance against the opponent team in 2021-2022 then we get the below figures:

Chahal vs England: 7 Wickets

Chahal vs Ireland: 1 Wicket

Chahal vs New Zealand: 1 Wicket

Chahal vs South Africa: 6 Wickets

Chahal vs Sri Lanka: 3 Wickets

Chahal vs West Indies: 2 Wickets 

Chahal is just not a T20 bowler, but he is an experienced bowler who has a good hold on his bowling. That's why he needs to play ODI matches apart from T20. If he plays continuously and performed well then this will be good news for India from a cricket point of view.

There is no doubt about Jasprit Bumrah who is considered to be one of the best bowlers of the Indian team. He is also going to miss this tour. We have seen Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy during India’s tour of England, he has done not only good captaincy but also showed a good bowling performance.

Giving rest to the Bumrah is a good decision after England tour but you can't rest him for long. He is a valuable player for India and is considered a death specialist bowler. That's why performing him well is very important for India for many coming events.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who is part of the Indian team this time, has also batted very well in this when he came up in the order for Rajasthan Royals. No doubt Ashwin is a smart bowler rather than a very good all-rounder, he has played many good innings for India.

This time it is a very good opportunity for Ashwin to retain his place in the team. It will be a bit tough for Ashwin to perform with quality spinners like Jadeja, Axar, and Bishnoi.

West Indies pitches might help spinner, so Ashwin has a good chance to prove himself. Before he has not got that much chance, he has only played 5 matches previously where he took 9 wickets with an economy of 5.25 which is a good figure.

Umran Malik is a special talent from India’s perspective, he has been given many chances on the England tour. Umran Malik could have been a good option against West Indies but now he misses his place in the team. He is a young player who need to give more attention. Sure, management and staff need to talk with him.